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Laura Mackay
summer internship allowed me to try a new space that I had not considered prior to HBS and to discover a new passion: the use of technology and services to empower consumers to play a role in their own health care. I was then able to take... View Details
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Kaleigh Killoran Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits while achieving excellent educational outcomes. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813113-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
challenges like climate change, health care, and wealth inequality.” To integrate and amplify HBS’s efforts, Dean Datar has appointed Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, to serve as Senior... View Details
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Olivia Zhao
mined from a day on the diamond. “I’ve loved baseball since I was a very small child,” she says. “I also have played softball all my life—currently I’m on the Harvard health policy team. Whether watching or playing, sports are a social... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
Despite public- and private-sector efforts to feed the most vulnerable, the number of people at risk of food insecurity and malnutrition is projected to increase from 17 million to 50 million between June and August 2020. Ndidi Okonkwo... View Details
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A Jay Holmgren
A Jay Holmgren (he/him) hadn’t yet developed a strong interest in health policy when he graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in History in 2011. But when his father was diagnosed with cancer in 2014, A Jay found himself... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
crisis in the health–care system Originally From: Chicago Hopes: to build a health–care enterprise Hobbies: chess, crossword puzzles, scuba diving Paper Currently Working On: analyzing disruptive innovations in invasive medicine Volunteer Consultant: View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Promoting a Healthy Policy Agenda
As chair of the public health committee in the Massachusetts legislature, state senator Jason Lewis (MBA 1995) focuses on promoting prevention and wellness. In this video, he talks about applying his... View Details
- March 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Improving Access at VA
By: Ryan W. Buell and Robert S. Huckman
In 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
symbol of health care activism, not the internationally recognized icon it is today. Starting a public conversation about women’s health was not easy, certainly, but the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise are many, including the high... View Details
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
designing wouldn't be satisfying to me." Looking for an alternative approach to international development As an undergraduate, Zayed spent a summer in Albania working with refugees from the war in Kosovo. After graduation, he spent a year in Pakistan doing View Details
- 16 Sep 2024
- News
Life Preserver
each year because they don’t have access to an organ transplant. Worldwide, the World Health Organization estimates, only 10 percent of the need for organ transplantation is being met. But the issue isn’t a supply of organs; rather, it's... View Details
- July 2022
- Teaching Note
TraceTogether
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta
This Note provides guidance for teaching "TraceTogether," HBS Case No. 820-111. View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
put them in the proper perspective,” says Seftel, a physician and immunology expert whose company, Enable, is currently developing a highly-sensitive rapid COVID-19 test with its public health laboratory... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
outcomes. This can be done with a clear eye towards return on investment, particularly when the return includes less traditional measures like observable improvements in public health outcomes, economic... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
stores, schools, and other food-handling establishments, checking whether they adhere to public health regulations. The rules are strict. Food businesses where serious violations are found must clean up... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Healthy Profit
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Luxury cruise company Royal Caribbean’s connection to public health might not be immediately apparent. “People don’t think of it as a View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
"I would like you and me to have a conversation," HBS senior research fellow Juan Enriquez tells his readers in the prologue of his new book, As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health... View Details